species of Mammalia. 1 13 



and thick ; muzzle short and abrupt ; ears large and rounded ; 

 tail cylindrical, gradually tapering to the point and delicately 

 annulated, equal in length to the body and head together. Fur 

 above soft; hairs more lengthened than in Mus plurimammis, 

 rufous and brown intermixed, the former predominant. 



Dimensions. — Head 1^ inch; body 3 inches; tail 4^ in. 



Distinguishing character. — A large truncated head, robust 

 body, long, tapering and minutely annulated tail. General 

 colour rufescent-black. 



36. Arctomys TiBETAxrs, Hodgs. J.A.S. xii. 409. 



In presenting this animal to the Museum, j\lr. Hodgson gave 

 us personally the following remark respecting the two species of 

 this genus described by him, and their respective specific names 

 and localities: — "The Bobac, Arctomys hvnalay anus, Hodgs., 

 A. Bobac, Schreb., is found only in the higher regions of Tibet, 

 while the A. tibetanus, Hodgs., inhabits exclusively the lower 

 regions of Himalaya ; but inadvertently the respective locality 

 of the two species has been alternated in my descriptions." 



Among the Squirrels sent by Mr. Hodgson there are several 

 specimens of the Sciurus M'CleUandii, Horsfield, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1839, p. 152, which was discovered by J. M'Clelland, Esq., 

 in his visitation to Assam as a member of the deputation on the 

 Tea-plant, and described in the Report of his contributions of 

 Mammalia and Birds to the Company^s Museum. It is thus 

 described : — 



Sciurus jNPClellaxdii, Horsfield. Supra fuscus fulvo tenuis- 

 simc irroratus notseo saturatiore; subtus ex sordido fulvo- 

 canescens; dorso summo linea recta atra; linea insuper utrin- 

 que laterali fusca Isto fulvo marginata, antice saturatiore, ad 

 oculos extensa, postice obsoleta in uropygio utrinsecus ap- 

 proximata ; cauda mediori subcjdiudrico-attenuata nigro ful- 

 voque variegata ; auriculis atris barba uivea lanuginosa insigni 

 circumscriptis ; vibrissis longis nigris. 



In the specimens contained in Mr. Hodgson's collection, the 

 colour on the upper parts is brownish-grey, with a slight rufes- 

 cent shade, rather deeper on the back, minutely grizzled with 

 brown and blackish hairs ; all the under-parts are fulvescent- 

 yellow : on the middle of the back from the neck to the rump 

 is a deep black stripe, and somewhat lower a brownish-black 

 stripe of the same extent, adjoining which, on each side, is a 

 yellowish -white stripe, commencing at the tip of the nose and 

 extending along the sides to the rump, gradually narrower 

 towards its termination. Ears large, black exteriorly, delicately 



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